Halo Benders : "Snowfall" Guitar chords

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So here are the chords for 'Snowfall' by that unfortunately underground 
basement punk/pop band 'The Halo Benders'. I heard the Halo Benders' excellent 'Don't touch my bikini' on MTV's Alternative Nation, hired the album and have become a fan ever since.

The chords are taken from the original version from the first track from the album 'God make no junk'. (1994, I think)

'Snowfall' is a beautiful song with I think about 3 guitars and one of those Latin-American shakers as percussion. (Forgot the name) Of course there's also a bass guitar. The chords written out below are what the lead guitar plays.
The lyrics (incomplete) are also my own (bad) interpretation, with a lot of help from my good friend Stephanie, who actually got my Halo Benders addiction started! Rock on, Steph! Note that sometimes two voices are singing, one low sexy voice and one normal one.
So don't get confused, and good luck!

--Danni Swalef    Saturday, 4 January 1997 (around 5pm)

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Snowfall
by Halo Benders


Here are the chords used.Strum them lightly. I use an acoustic guitar.


			 E		  Esus			G#				A				Am				B				C#m				F				F#			F#m
e|--0-----0-----4-----5----5-----7-----9-----1----2-----2-----|
b|--0-----0-----4-----5----5-----7-----9-----1----2-----2-----|
G|--1-----2-----5-----6----5-----8-----9-----2----3-----2-----|
D|--2-----2-----6-----7----7-----9-----11----3----4-----4-----|
A|--2-----2-----6-----7----7-----9-----11----3----4-----4-----|
E|--0-----0-----4-----5----5-----7-----9-----1----2-----2-----|

Throughout the whole song, you kind of keep your fingers in the same position, using your middle finger to decide whether to play a minor (m) chord or not.


INTRO
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E    G#     A    Am
E    G#     A    B,C#m,B
E    G#     A    Am
E    F#     A,G#,E


VERSE 1
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E    G#     A    									Am
Snowfall, how can ...

E    G#     A       B,C#m,B
So   very  un...

E    G#     A    									Am
Snowfall, how ...
(Here I'm,  knocking ashes down)    --> low voice

E    F#     A, G#,    E
So  very    unide...
(Your lucky angels, all over town)  ---> low voice


VERSE 2
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        E         G#            A         Am
"From ashes come sunset", ...

       E        G#     A             B,C#m,B
"But also ice ages and ....
(snowfall)             (snowfall)													-->  l.v.
    
E           G#                    A          Am
So beneath these words, she ....
(snowfall)																							(snowfall)        --->   l.v.

   E            F#        A,  G#,   E
A hollow snow angel she ....


CHORUS 1  [Here the low voice sings the lead]
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E,F,F#             A              Am      E   (vary with Esus)
Snowfall,why don't you come ....
							(I'm falling)																												snowbound
								                           (falling down) --> high voice

E,F,F#            A    Am      B      B,B,A,A,   G#,G#, A,Fm#,E
Snowsuit and the ? soft,snowy ....
				          (things got better [x2])  (???? with you) --> h.v.


SOLO 1 [Here comes a guitar solo. Anyone got the tab?]
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E    G#     A    Am
E    G#     A    B,C#m,B
E    G#     A    Am
E    F#     A,G#,E


BRIDGE
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E    G#                    			A    					Am
    Snowfall		....]   										Snowfall		[You're wrong]
  (low voice) (high voice)   										(lv)							(hv)

E    G#                       A          B,C#m,B
    Snowfall		[Snowfall]   										Snow....		[You're wrong]
  (low voice) (high voice)   										(lv)							(hv)

E    G#                       A            Am
    Snowfall		[Snowfall----]   										Snowf....		
  (low voice) (high voice)   							   			(lv)					  		

E    F#                                     A,G#,E
   Snowfall		[You're wrong----]   										
  (low voice) (high voice)   							   	    						  		

CHORUS 2  [Low voice leads again]
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E,F,F#             A              Am      E   (vary with Esus)
Snowfall,why don't you come ....
							(I'm falling)																												snowbound
								                           (falling down) --> high voice

E,F,F#            A    Am      B      B,B,A,A,   G#,G#, A,Fm#,E
Snowsuit and the ? soft,snowy ....
				          (things got better [x2])  (???? with you) --> h.v.

SOLO 2
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E    G#     A    Am
E    G#     A    B,C#m,B
E    G#     A    Am
E    F#     A,G#,E


SOLO 3
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E    G#     A    Am
E    G#     A    B,C#m,B
E    G#     A    Am
E    F#     A,G#,E


CHORUS 3/SOLO 4/ENTRO [no singing]
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E,F,F#             A              Am      E   (vary with Esus)

E,F,F#            A    Am      B    B,B, C,C, C#,C#, D#,D#, E----

Note: Here the chords rise up using these fingerings :

			 C		   C#			 D#				E				
e|--8-----9-----1-----0----------------
b|--8-----9-----11----0----------------
G|--9-----10----12----1----------------
D|--10----11----13----2----------------
A|--10----11----13----2----------------
E|--8-----9-----11----0----------------
																	|
                 --->This D# ain't a piece of cake on an acoustic!

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